delabialize
verbUK /diːˈleɪbɪəlaɪz/
Etymology From de- + labialize.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences To make into a non-labial sound.
- the resulting labial vowels were soon delabialized into e and ē.1884, Henry Sweet, First Middle English Primer, page 5:
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences To become a non-labial sound.
- /gw/ may delabialize to /g/.1981, Charles Stephen Bird, The Dialects of Mandekan, page 170:
- Derived terms
- delabialization, delabialized